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#1 Lucien Favre
The OGC Nice boss is known to play a hugely dynamic pressing game at Nice. He has impressed critics with his ability to handle big egos and difficult personalities- case in point Mario Balotelli, who has fit into Nice like never before at any other club.
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Favre is also quite experienced and has been around the management scene for a long time, beginning his managerial career in his native Switzerland. A former Swiss International, Favre won two Swiss Cups with FC Zurich and also won the Manager of the Year in the Swiss Super League two years running.
Making the leap into the Bundesliga, Favre had a spell at Hertha Berlin in 2007. But his most significant spell was at Monchengladbach where he took over a side in the doldrums for years. Gladbach had been a relatively successful club but had fallen by the wayside and Favre improved the side at Borussia Park with a structured counter-attacking brand of football making them Champions League regulars.
Favre resigned after losing the opening five games of Gladbach's 2015/16 season and went on to join Nice replacing Claude Puel. His OGC Nice side have won universal acclaim ever since.
